Divine Love and Wisdom (Rogers) n. 155

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155. Creation itself cannot be explained to human comprehension unless one removes from his thinking any thought of space and time. But if these are removed, it can be comprehended. Remove if you can, or as far as you can, thought of space and time, and keep your mind intent on an idea abstracted from these. You will then perceive there to be no difference between a large interval of space and an infinitesimal one, and in that case you cannot but have the same idea of the creation of the universe as of the creation of particular elements in the universe. You will also perceive that the diversity in created things arises from the fact that there are infinite elements in the human God, and consequently an indefinite number of elements in the sun which is the first emanation from Him-an indefinite number of elements which appear as in a reflected image in the created universe. That is the reason it is impossible to find anywhere one thing identical to another. That is the reason for the variety in all things, a variety visible to the eye together with space in the natural world, and in an appearance of space in the spiritual world. And that variety exists both in general characteristics and in particular ones. These are points that we demonstrated in Part One. As for example, that the infinite elements in the human God are, in a distinct combination, one (nos. 17-22). That everything in the universe has been created by Divine love and wisdom (nos. 52-54). That everything in the created universe is a recipient of the Divine love and wisdom of the human God (nos. 55-60). That the Divine does not exist in space (nos. 7-10). That the Divine fills every space and interval of space independently of space (nos. 69-72). That the Divine in the greatest and least of things is the same (nos. 77-82).


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